Public Education is hardly shattered due to underfunding. It is on the Infrastructure, HR, Students Support, Human and Trade Union Right. A Workshop was conducted on the agenda in Kathmandu on 29-30, October 2021. I had an opportunity to lead a discussion on it for NNTA.

1. Underfunding in Public Education of Nepal and
Implications
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Discussed at
Capacity Development Workshop
on
Education Financing & Tax Justice
Laxman Sharma
Chairperson, NNTA
29 October 2021

2. Images of Our Schools
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Few of our Schools
meet the Building
Code Standards, i.e.
they are unsafe to
disasters. Play
ground, Water and
Electricity ….

3. Shortage of Teachers’ *1
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4. Majority in our Community
Underpaid,
Untrained,
Not Licensed,
Contracted,
Locally hired and
Expelled in the COVID-19 lockdown

5. Vanishing TPDs *2

6. No Pension Fund Act 2075 *3

7. Annual Girls and Marginalized Group’s Scholarship Rs 400.00 per
annum, Nominal Day Meal, Nurse program, library, laboratory,
connectivity and teaching learning materials
Post COVID - 19 Ed Recovery ?

9. Addressing the Underfunding Vs Austerities to
attain the SDG#4 or the Right to Education
mentioned in our Constitution *4

10. We are in crossroads again !
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11. References
1. https://www.setopati.com/social/167489
2. http://nced.gov.np/np/main/aG9tZQ==
3. https://www.lawcommission.gov.np/np/archives/51644
4. https://www.unsdsn.org/

12. Thank You !!!